If I buy the Samsung S390G at Amazon - then how does it work with Tracfone service?
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The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the card is activated. So far, the phone has been great! Same with the Tracfone service! The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the... » Read More The Samsung S390G that I purchased on Amazon.com was dedicated to Tracfone service. You can buy the phone with or without any minutes added to it. When I bought my phone, I had minutes and days left on my old phone. I called Tracfone and had them transfer the minutes and service days to my new phone. Once that is done, you can add time cards as you need to or want to. I purchase the one year service cards. These give you 400 minutes to use over the course of a year. The S390G comes with triple minutes for life. Every time you buy a service card, the minutes on that card are tripled when the card is activated. So far, the phone has been great! Same with the Tracfone service! « Show Less
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I am using the Samsung S390g with Tracfone, in fact you can purchase this phone on the TracFone site. However it is less expensive on Amazon
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Just go to the website and activate it or you can call tracfone. If you have a current provider that you are discontinuing, they even tell you they will handle that. It's nice we didn't even have to call T-Mobile to cancel our service. It's nice to never get a bill again! You can also transfer your current phone numbers to your new phone.
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In the package it will have a phone number (& website) for Tracfone you can call that number to buy some minutes and begin your service. In case you're wondering how the Tracfone service works, usually you buy minutes (20-200) and it will give your phone a certain amount of service time (several months - a year). If you want an active phone but don't want to buy anymore minutes they have a maintenance option (which I don't remember the name). Basically it will keep your working for a monthly fee.If you already have a Tracfone you can move your unused minutes over to your new Tracfone. In the package it will have a phone number (& website) for Tracfone you can call that number to buy some minutes and begin your service. In case you're wondering how the Tracfone service works, usually you buy minutes (20-200) and it will give your phone a certain amount of service time (several months - a year). If you want an active phone but don't want to buy anymore minutes they have a maintenance option (which I don't remember the name). Basically it will keep your working for a monthly fee.If you already have a Tracfone you can move your unused minutes over to your new... » Read More In the package it will have a phone number (& website) for Tracfone you can call that number to buy some minutes and begin your service. In case you're wondering how the Tracfone service works, usually you buy minutes (20-200) and it will give your phone a certain amount of service time (several months - a year). If you want an active phone but don't want to buy anymore minutes they have a maintenance option (which I don't remember the name). Basically it will keep your working for a monthly fee.If you already have a Tracfone you can move your unused minutes over to your new Tracfone. « Show Less
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You can activate the phone online at tracfone.com or call the number included with the phone. You can buy your first installment of minutes at the same time. You need the serial number on the red card in the package. Good luck.
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I also bought a $20 service and minutes card at a store like Staples; then went online with Tracfone to activate everything - it was quite simple to do.
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As the others answered you have to activate it with tracfone buy minutes abd months, and use it My older Tracfone didn't work from within my house this model does
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Its exactly the same as when you buy a tracfone from a store. You can activate it online or by calling tracfone. You don't need to buy extra airtime when you buy the phone, because when I activated mine, I received over 300 free minutes which wasn't even mentioned in the description, but I guess I was just lucky. But my s390g was activated online in less than 15 minutes. Good luck
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Yes it will work with tracfone or any other cellphone carrier. You just need to have a tracfone sim card or whatever type of cellphone carrier you want. Tracfone customer service has to give you the information to program it so you will be able to get on the internet. I hope I helped you:0))
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The Samsung T301G Slider phone advertised and sold by Amazon is serviced by "Tracfone" @ www.tracfone.com or call 1-800-867-7183. It is a PrePaid program where you buy a card for talk minutes and activation time (Turn-On Time). There are several card plans with different talk time and activation times that are tailored to meet most peoples needs. These prepaid card option formats can be changed by owner to other formats very easily at the end of each previously selected program. It is a very simple and cost effective way to manage a cell phone.
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the same happend to me they dont sell unlocked phones and amazon knows it, the seller replied when i requested the same question your asking, but after spending 10 dollars tru unlocked phones website, he said that i refund will be granted and still none to this day, all you have to do is spend 10-15 dollars true unlocked sell phone site and thats it, PS i have an extra code to unlocking this phone hope it works #12998744
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In US my carrier is AT&T; (the second largest provider). They work on GSM network which is a common in Europe and most of Asian countries.I would caution that the phone has a weak reception with respect to other phones and also has a weak audio (hard to hear in noisy background).The price is almost one-third of a decent smart phone ( ie Samsung Galaxy S5 mini). It is rugged and has a long battery life (five days or more) butlacks in functionality and texting ease - will make a good back up phone. Most probably would work in India. But given a chance I won't buy or recommend.Good luck and cheers. In US my carrier is AT&T; (the second largest provider). They work on GSM network which is a common in Europe and most of Asian countries.I would caution that the phone has a weak reception with respect to other phones and also has a weak audio (hard to hear in noisy background).The price is almost one-third of a decent smart phone ( ie Samsung Galaxy S5 mini). It is rugged and has a long battery life (five days or more) butlacks in functionality and texting ease - will make a good back up phone. Most probably would work in India. But given a chance I won't buy or... » Read More In US my carrier is AT&T; (the second largest provider). They work on GSM network which is a common in Europe and most of Asian countries.I would caution that the phone has a weak reception with respect to other phones and also has a weak audio (hard to hear in noisy background).The price is almost one-third of a decent smart phone ( ie Samsung Galaxy S5 mini). It is rugged and has a long battery life (five days or more) butlacks in functionality and texting ease - will make a good back up phone. Most probably would work in India. But given a chance I won't buy or recommend.Good luck and cheers. « Show Less
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yes, not a problem. I took my Amazon purchase in to a T-Mobile store where they took care of everything. Moved the number from the old phone to the new and switched the devices on my plan.
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I bought the phone from amazon. I already had a sim card in my previous phone I got from T-mobile and just put the card in this phone. You have to go into a store that handles T-Mobile if you are not already signed up. They will sell you 1000 minutes for $100 or smaller amounts of minutes for less. Look at T-mobile website for "no contract" info. No minutes come with phone from amazon. Tmobile will assign you a phone # when you purchase minutes.
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Generally, if you go to the TracFone website and enter your area code into the specified search bar, TracFone will give you a suggested list of what phones will work where you live...that is how I came across this Samsung Model, looking for a slider phone that would work both at home (in Maine) and at college (in Virginia)
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Call the Straight Talk Customer Service....they would be much more helpful than Amazon, or anyone here....But a pretty general rule of thumb- if the phone is "unlocked", then it will work with any GSM network. And most GSM networks are in the US, and I'm assuming you're in the US.Goodluck!
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Hi there! I really appreciate your post. So I am wondering though, you did not have no problem buying this phone on Amazon and dealing with At&t;? It seems that everything went smooth for you! Is there anything else that I need to know. Thanks L.Beltran!
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Yes you can, call the number that Tracfone gave you when you purchased your phone, and they will tell youwhat you need to do.
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Just ask the service provider you plan to use. If it is a tracfone, for example, the site will tell you.
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This is a GSM phone. Tracfone works in some places with GSM network. Please contact them to see if the GSM service is available in your area.Hope this helps
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If you decide to use Tracfone, make sure you buy one of their phones that comes with TRIPLE minutes. According to Consumer Reports, It's an excellent deal! Go to www.tracfone.com to find out if it works in your area (it probably does). The customer service from Tracfone SUCKS but the TRIPLE minutes are still a great deal if you talk or text. It makes no sense to buy a tracfone to go on the internet!!!
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As far as I know this phone works wherever there is cell phone coverage. If you want to be absolutely sure you could always contact Tracfone and check.
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I am not certain I now nothing of the TracFones. The phone..the LG can purchased and used with most plans..period. Only the provider can exclude phones based on their desire to have you buy their phone.....sorry I couldn't help.
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We use Straight Talk which is Tracfone so YES it works with that provider. Suggest using Google Chrome if you surf the internet using the network. For some reason we couldn't get the Android browser to work. It likes Google buf doesn't like the Andriod version. Anyway...good luck.